早

Early in Chinese: 早 (zǎo)

zǎo

early

HSK 3.0 Level 11 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1early
  2. 2morning
  3. 3Good morning!
  4. 4long ago
  5. 5prematurely

Stroke order

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早

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄠˇ

zǎo

ㄗ/ zㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 你今天来得很早。

    nǐ jīn tiān lái de hěn zǎo。

    You came very early today.

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Related words

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

早饭

zǎo fàn

breakfast

早餐

zǎo cān

breakfast

早晨

zǎo chén

early morning

早就

zǎo jiù

already at an earlier time

早已

zǎo yǐ

for a long time

早期

zǎo qī

early period

早晚

zǎo wǎn

morning and evening

趁早

chèn zǎo

as soon as possible

迟早

chí zǎo

sooner or later

过早

guò zǎo

premature

及早

jí zǎo

at the earliest possible time

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